Enquanto o filme final deixa a pergunta sem resposta, foi respondida em um esboço preliminar da script .
Na versão inicial, a Neo não está vendendo um programa, mas seus serviços como hacker - para se livrar de multas de estacionamento.
Acho totalmente razoável pensar que a cena foi mudada de Neo vendendo seus serviços para a Neo vendendo os softwares / scripts para fazer exatamente o mesmo.
VOICE (O.S.)
Hey, Tommy-boy! You in there?
Recognizing the voice, he relaxes and opens it. ANTHONY,
who lives down the hall, is standing outside with a group
of friends.
NEO
What do you want, Anthony?
ANTHONY
I need your help, man. Desperate.
They got me, man. The shackles of
fascism.
He holds up the red notice that accompanies the Denver
boot.
NEO
You got the money this time?
He holds up two hundred dollars and Neo opens the door.
Anthony's girlfriend, DUJOUR, stops in front of Neo.
DUJOUR
You can really get that thing off,
right now?
ANTHONY
I told you, honey, he may look
like just another geek but this
here is all we got left standing
between Big Brother and the New
World Order.
EXT. STREET
A police officer unlocks a yellow metal boot from the
wheel of an enormous oldsmobile.
INT. NEO'S APARTMENT
They watch from the window as the cops, silently,
robotically, climb into their van.
ANTHONY
Look at 'em. Automatons. Don't
think about what they're- doing or
why. Computer tells 'em what to
do and they do it.
FRIEND #l
The banality of evil.
He slaps the money in Neo's hand.
ANTHONY
Thanks, neighbor.